Westminster Confession of Faith 1-1 John 14:6, Acts 4:12), Lewis (and many others) take what they consider a more hopeful approach – that some, though not knowing about Jesus Christ or not explicitly following him, will nonetheless be saved (cf. ( The Problem of Pain, chapter 8)Īs opposed to Christian Exclusivism, in which saving knowledge of Jesus Christ is necessary for salvation (cf. But it has the full support of Scripture and, specially, of Our Lord's own words it has always been held by Christendom and it has the support of reason. There is no doctrine which I would more willingly remove from Christianity than this, if it lay in my power. This is different from universalism – though not his favorite doctrine, he did believe in the existence of hell, and that some would go to it: Lewis can be fairly described as a Christian Inclusivist – he believed that Christianity was true, but was not willing to claim that only "Christians" would be saved.
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